Amazon Web Services:
Summary of the Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS Service Disruption in the US East Region  —  Now that we have fully restored functionality to all affected services, we would like to share more details with our customers about the events that occurred with the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (”EC2″) …

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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
The Complete Guide To Watching And Tracking The Royal Wedding Online  —  For any of you caught up in the frenzy over the royal wedding between England’s Prince William and Kate Middleton, we’ve collected a comprehensive list of where to watch the festivities online, where to find photos …

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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Square To Beef Up Card Reader Security This Summer (And VeriFone Wasn’t So Wrong, After All)  —  Yesterday was a big day for hot mobile payments startup Square.  The company announced that it received a strategic investment from Visa, giving the company a big stamp approval.

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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Hackers Claim to Have PlayStation Users’ Card Data  —  Security researchers said Thursday that they had seen discussions on underground Internet forums indicating that the hackers who infiltrated the Sony PlayStation Network last week may have made off with the credit card numbers of Sony customers.

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Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:
Tumblr Apologizes to Danah Boyd, Restores Her Original Username  —  Tumblr President and customer service special agent John Maloney.  (Source: john.io)  —  Tumblr has restored Microsoft researcher and pundit Danah Boyd’s blog to its original location after a public spat.

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Bloomberg:
Samsung Broadens Patent Dispute Against Apple With U.S. Suit  —  Samsung Electronics Co., the second-largest maker of mobile phones, broadened its patent- infringement dispute with Apple Inc. (AAPL) by suing the iPhone creator in the U.S. a week after making claims in Asia and Europe.

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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
eBay’s PayPal Buys Mobile Payments Startup Fig Card  —  In its second acquisition in two weeks, eBay’s PayPal unit has bought mobile payments startup FigCard.  Terms of the acquisition, which was announced on the PayPal blog, were not disclosed.  —  Boston-based Fig Card allows merchants …

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Arn / MacRumors:
White iPhone 4 Slightly Thicker Than Black iPhone 4 [Updated]  —  Earlier today, a MacRumors reader notified us that the white iPhone 4 is ever so slightly thicker than the black iPhone 4.  It’s a small difference, but enough that the white iPhone 4 wouldn’t fit in his Incase slider case:

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George Hotz / geohot got sued:
Recent News  —  To start, I sure am glad I don’t have a PSN account about now.  And, as a onetime victim of identity theft, I feel for everyone who’s data has been stolen.  I’m not going to make cracks at Sony for flipping a s**t when /their/ data is compromised, and not even having the decency …

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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Final Shoe Drops: Apple Now More Profitable Than Microsoft Too  —  Just about a year ago, when Apple passed Microsoft in market cap, the Redmond loyalists were out in full force: that means nothing — look at the revenues!  When Apple passed Microsoft in revenues last October, it was: who cares — look at the profits!

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Nicholas Carlson / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Arrington Says The Real Conflict Of Interest In Tech Reporting Has Nothing To Do With Money  —  Yesterday, AOL’s top tech reporter, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, announced that he was once again “actively investing” in startups and venture capital funds.

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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Revenue Up 13% to $16.43B, Earnings At $0.61 Per Share  —  Microsoft just reported its third quarter 2011 earnings today with revenues of $16.43 billion, an increase of 13% from the same period of 2010.  Microsoft’s operating income was $5.71 billion, its net income was $5.23 billion …

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Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Gore, Ex-Apple Engineers Team Up to Blow Up the Book  —  Former Apple engineers Kimon Tsinteris (left) and Mike Matas teamed up with Al Gore to create a new publishing platform called Push Pop Press.  Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com  —  What do you do after working for Apple …

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Google Mobile Blog:
Video Chat on Your Android Phone  —  Sometimes, the expressions on a person’s face can mean much more than what they say.  To help you stay in touch with your friends and family, we’re launching Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android phones.  —  You can now video or voice chat …

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Arn / MacRumors:
White iPhone 4 Slightly Thicker Than Black iPhone 4  —  Earlier today, a MacRumors reader notified us that the white iPhone 4 is ever so slightly thicker than the black iPhone 4.  It’s a small difference, but enough that the white iPhone 4 wouldn’t fit in his Incase slider case:

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